CVE-1999-0368
CVSS 2.0 Score 10.0 of 10 (high)
Details
Published Feb 9, 1999
Updated: Nov 20, 2024
Summary
CVE-1999-0368 is a critical buffer overflow vulnerability that affected both the wuarchive ftpd (wu-ftpd) and ProFTPD software. By exploiting this flaw, an attacker could send specially crafted data to a targeted system, resulting in a buffer overflow. Successful exploitation granted the attacker root access to the system. This vulnerability, also known as "palmetto," posed a significant risk to FTP servers and required immediate patching to mitigate the threat.
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Affected Products
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux
- Debian
Affected Vendors
- Debian
- Red Hat